Ashanti Today

  Brig. Gen. Joseph Aphour-GOC, Central Command, GAF addressing the public The Ghana Armed Forces has observed with grave concern unprovoked violent attacks on its troops by some illegal mining riddled communities in the Ashanti region in the during legitimate operations to flush out unlicensed gold miners commonly known as ‘galamsey’. Such tendencies, according to the Ghana Armed Forces, even though disturbing, cannot demotivate the Forces to back down its assigned duty to help government nib the environmentally destructive phenomenon in the bud and that, henceforth, any such unruly attitude towards soldiers will be met with the most appropriate reactions. The General Officer Commanding the Central Command of the Ghana Armed Forces, Brigadier General Joseph Aphour, gave the warning at Kwadaso near Kumasi in the Ashanti region at during this year’s West African Soldiers Social Activities. Brigadier General Aphour, said the Command has undertaken a number of operations that have hel

  Mad.Yaa Manu-Obuasi Municipal Director of Health during the interview The Obuasi Municipality in the Ashanti region is making substantial gains in the effort toward the target of eliminating malaria by the 2030.   The municipality has seen consistent reduction in both reported and confirmed cases across all registered healthcare facilities since 2018. Data obtained from major hospitals sampled and the Municipal Health directorate have showed that, not only has Malaria lost its unenviable long standing record as the number one cause of hospital attendance and admission during the four-year period, but has not led to the death of either an infant or woman. Health experts in the Municipality are convinced that elimination of the disease by the target date is highly feasible if the ‘Indoor Residual Spraying’ IRS intervention would be scaled up across the country since it is the main factor in the successes achieved in the municipality.    OPD attendance and hospital admissions due to m

Mr. Ronald Ronald Miah-Asante Akyem North District Director of Health Investment being made in the distribution of treated insecticide nets as an intervention for the control of malaria in the Asante Akyem North district of the Ashanti region is not yielding the commensurate result, at least in the last three years, as the recorded cases continue to rise at the Out Patients Department of healthcare facilities in the area. According to data sourced from the District Health directorate has revealed that, since 2020, the disease has claimed the lives of three infants even though there is no such record readily available about maternal mortality from the disease during the period under review. In the observation of the District Director of Health, though enough of the nets have been distributed to the targeted population up to date, poor behaviour and attitude among the people is responsible for the undesirable outcome so far. Asante Akyem North is one of the districts in the Ashanti

A group photograph of some of  the farmers, project partners Following research findings that Ghana’s biggest natural lake, Lake Bosomtwe, is gradually yielding to the harsh impacts of both climate change and harmful human practices for which the volume of water is receding while fish population and species are fast dwindling, some concerned organizations have teamed up to protect the important biosphere and heritage.   Pursuant to this, selected catchment communities of the lake are being empowered with sustainable alternative livelihood to reduce over dependence and excessive exploitation of the lake. One of the farmers(left) being honoured for hardwork About 800 crop farmers selected from eight communities around Lake Bosomtwe have been empowered with new and improved technologies in farming practices that under the Climate Resilience for Bosomtwe Smallholder Farmers. They are to transfer the new superior farming technologies to about two thousand others within their environs.

  Mr. Francis Asenso Boakye(speaking) with the Apagyahene on thee panel Government is working fervently toward implementing a sustainable system that will enable low and middle income earners particularly public and civil servants in the country to acquire their own houses on mortgage basis. This is provided for in the National Housing Policy before Cabinet for consideration, which when eventually enacted by Parliament, will allow the target population to use at least 30 percent of their monthly emolument to secure decent residential accommodation particularly upon retirement. The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Francis Asenso Boakye, announced this at the )pemso) Public Lecture in Kumasi. This year's   )pemso) Public Lecture is the seventh in its series and focused on the 'Asante Architecture; The Past and Present Perspective on Spatial Planning and Globalization'. It was organized by the Asante Professionals Club, an apolitical non for profit organization under t

  Nana Boakye Yoadom Tonsa-Asante Mampong Gyaasehene addressing the media The traditional authority and some citizens, under the banner of 'Concerned Citizens Against Galamsey in the Asante Mampong Traditional Area', are up in arms against the government for attempting to give out part of the lands in the area for small scale surface mining operations.  Apart from warning the Minerals Commission against going ahead with its decision, the chiefs and people have also served notice that they will resist any such mining or related activity within the vicinity whether licensed or illegal on the grounds of protecting the natural environment for the present generation and posterity, who also have a natural right to the available resources.  They gave the warning at a news conference at Asante Mampong  Mr. Victor Owusu-Spokesperson of the Group addressed the media The Asante Mampong traditional area is one of the most important paramountcies within Asanteman with the Omanhene being occ